Hi all,
My name is Chris and I'm form Washington state. I've been smoking for a few years on a gourmet electric smoker and got pretty decent at it. I just purchased a new smoker form Home Depot last weekend. It is a Brinkmann Smoke'N Pit Pit master charcoal and wood smoker & grill with the offset firebox. Going from electric and one constant temp. to a charcoal and wood combination I couldn't figure out how to get my temp up and then maintain it. I feel like I went through a lot of charcoal and wood. I used 3 chimney stacks of charcoal and a lot of cherry wood in about 5.5 hours. I was smoking a 4 lb pork loin. It seemed no matter what I did though I just couldn't get much hotter than about 155 degrees.
So I guess my 1st question to everybody is, did I use to much charcoal? Is there a trick to making it last longer and burn hotter? What is a good charcoal to wood ratio? Any tips or advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you all in advance.........Chris
My name is Chris and I'm form Washington state. I've been smoking for a few years on a gourmet electric smoker and got pretty decent at it. I just purchased a new smoker form Home Depot last weekend. It is a Brinkmann Smoke'N Pit Pit master charcoal and wood smoker & grill with the offset firebox. Going from electric and one constant temp. to a charcoal and wood combination I couldn't figure out how to get my temp up and then maintain it. I feel like I went through a lot of charcoal and wood. I used 3 chimney stacks of charcoal and a lot of cherry wood in about 5.5 hours. I was smoking a 4 lb pork loin. It seemed no matter what I did though I just couldn't get much hotter than about 155 degrees.
So I guess my 1st question to everybody is, did I use to much charcoal? Is there a trick to making it last longer and burn hotter? What is a good charcoal to wood ratio? Any tips or advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you all in advance.........Chris
